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Mother sentenced in toddler son’s 2019 death near Shiprock

FARMINGTON – A woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for the 2019 death of her toddler son, whom she left behind after driving while intoxicated in rural northwestern New Mexico. ...

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Authorities to present findings in ‘Rust’ movie-set shooting

SANTA FE – Investigators plan to discuss their initial findings Wednesday in the fatal movie-set shooting in which Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing a cinematographer and wounding the d...

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Making of Alec Baldwin movie in N.M. is halted after fatal shooting

LOS ANGELES – Production of the movie that Alec Baldwin was making when he shot and killed a cinematographer last week has been officially halted, but producers of the Western described the ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Baldwin was told gun was ‘cold’ before movie set shooting

SANTA FE – As a film crew and actors in Western garb prepared to rehearse a scene inside a wooden, chapel-like building on a desert movie ranch outside Santa Fe, assistant director Dave Hall...

DATE: Oct 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

10-digit phone dialing to be required in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Starting Sunday, phone users across New Mexico must include area codes when dialing to make all calls, including local calls that previously only required seven digits. The req...

DATE: Oct 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Update: Baldwin didn’t know weapon contained live round

Actor fatally shot cinematographer on N.M. film set

DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Human rights panel to hear Navajo uranium contamination case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A group representing Navajo communities is presenting its case to an international human rights body, saying U.S. regulators violated the rights of tribal members when they cleared the way for uranium mining in western New Mexico.

DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor returns contribution, amends filing

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's campaign for re-election on Wednesday amended its October campaign finance report and returned $4,200 to a corporate contributor after a donation exc...

DATE: Oct 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Advisory panel endorses redistricting maps for New Mexico

SANTA FE – An advisory panel to the Legislature on political redistricting on Wednesday advanced three proposals for overhauling district boundaries in New Mexico’s Democrat-dominated House ...

DATE: Oct 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Warming climate means shortages on Pecos River, study says

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal water managers warned Wednesday that like other basins across the western U.S., the Pecos River Basin in New Mexico is likely to experience growing water shortages as t...

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico considers retirement ‘double dipping’ for police

SANTA FE – Legislators are drafting a plan to ease restrictions against retired police officers coming back to work, in an effort to add law enforcement officers across New Mexico amid a lab...

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man who fell from New Mexico sports skybox, son get payouts

SANTA FE – A man who fell from a luxury suite at a university sports arena in Albuquerque onto concrete stairs below has been awarded $144,000 under a state-negotiated settlement, according...

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico